Disabling VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes support
The VMware vCenter administrator can request to remove VVols support. The system administrator removes the associated pools and disables VVols support.
Before disabling Virtual Volumes support on the system, ensure that the VMware vCenter administrator has migrated any virtual machines off VVols datastores hosted by the system. If data still remains, the pool cannot be deleted.
Using the management GUI
Complete the following steps to disable VVol support:
- Select .
- Right-click the child pool that is associated with the Virtual Volumes configuration and select Delete.
- Select .
- Select Off to disable Virtual Volumes on the system.
Using the command line interface (CLI)
Complete the following steps to disable Virtual Volumes support:
- To delete the child pool that is associated with the Virtual Volumes configuration,
enter the following command:
where childpool is the name of the pool that is used for the Virtual Volumes configuration.rmmdiskgrp childpool
- To delete the utility volume, enter the following command:
rmmetadatavdisk
- To delete the IBM® Spectrum Control Base
Edition user, enter the
command:
where scb_user is the name of the user that is used for communication between IBM Spectrum Control Base Edition and the system.rmuser scb_user
- To delete the user group with the VASA Provider security role, enter the following command:
where vasaprovider is the name of the user group used for the Virtual Volumes configuration.rmusergrp vasaprovider